12-letter words containing fis
- an iron fist — a cruel and unyielding attitude or approach
- anemone fish — any of various damselfishes of the genus Amphiprion, such as A. percula (clown anemone fish), that usually live closely associated with sea anemones
- archerfishes — Plural form of archerfish.
- bellows fish — snipefish.
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- climbingfish — climbing perch.
- close-fisted — very careful with money; mean
- confiscating — Present participle of confiscate.
- confiscation — to seize as forfeited to the public domain; appropriate, by way of penalty, for public use.
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- fiscal agent — a person or organization serving as another's financial agent.
- fiscal cliff — a governmental or personal financial crisis that is brought on by economic factors or policies: High housing costs have pushed many families over the fiscal cliff. Some municipalities are on the edge of a fiscal cliff after years of overspending.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fish farming — the job of rearing fish for commercial purposes
- fish-bellied — (of a beam or rail) having a convex underside.
- fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- fisheye lens — a hemispherical plano-convex lens for photographing in a full 180° in all directions in front of the camera, creating a circular image having an increasing amount of distortion from the center to the periphery.
- fishing boat — vessel: for fishing
- fishing line — cord used to catch fish
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- fishing worm — an earthworm.
- fishmonger's — a shop that sells fish
- fissicostate — having divided or separated ribs
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- fission bomb — atomic bomb.
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- fissirostral — having a broad, deeply cleft beak or bill, as the swallows and goatsuckers.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- jawless fish — cyclostome.
- lantern fish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- line fishing — the activity and sport of fishing using a line
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
- photofission — nuclear fission induced by the absorption of a high-energy photon.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- scabbardfish — any of several marine fishes having a long, compressed, silvery body, especially a cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, of the western Atlantic.
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